I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.
IGOR STRAVINSKYMusic must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.
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To continue in one path is to go backward.
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Composers combine notes, that’s all.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.
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I had another dream the other day about music critics. They were small and rodent-like with padlocked ears, as if they had stepped out of a painting by Goya.
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Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody’s piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
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Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
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Composition is frozen improvisation.
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Music is the coordination between man and time.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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